Jadey's Story

A Fortuitous Mistake, Shortly after losing our first pet Rottweiler after eleven years, I began to almost insanely research the breed and breeders to insure that I could find the healthiest dog, from the most premier bloodlines possible. My research quickly leads me to Rottweilers with German lineage and prestigious pedigrees from the early twentieth century. As it would be, these dogs also carried high International Schutzhund titles after their name. In my ignorance and having had dogs all my life, I completely discredited any concept of nature versus nurture and surely if I raised the puppy to be a mellow, loveable pet, that’s what it would be. I could not have been more wrong! As my wife and I tried to teach and train this monster affectionately known as Jadey, she ruled us with an iron fist. Although we had Jadey in training classes since she was ten weeks old, we experienced marginal success at best. Jadey was getting now getting bigger and it was difficult to determine if she was totally unruly or worse, becoming aggressive. My wife and I were at wits end and literally days away from returning Jadey to the breeder and that’s when magic happened. Our trainer suggested that we should have Jadey evaluated by Mary before we make our decision. At the time when we met Mary, my wife and I had already relegated ourselves to accept failure, but, we didn’t talk about it. Mary talked with us while observing Jadey, took her for a walk and conducted a brief examination. Within minutes Mary brought Jadey back to us and stated with certainty that she’s not an aggressive dog, she’s a brat! Mary went on to describe traits of given working dogs and these have been purposefully bred into them. I then asked her how Jadey should be trained, Mary shrugged her shoulders and without breaking her smile said, “Whatever works, you have to find out what makes her tick”. This is truly where Mary stands out; she has developed many skills both from grassroots experience and other commensurate colleagues to achieve desired and repeatable results. Whether working to polish a dog and handler before a big competition or teaching a basic beginner class for owner’s to have obedient, well behaved family members, Mary’s passion and conviction remain high. Only through her unwavering commitment has Mary come to understand the synergistic bond that can exist between a person and their dog and because of my fortuitous mistake with Jadey did I have the opportunity to meet Mary. Sincerely, Ted C. S